Ken Calvert

As Sam Rayburn used to say--he was a Democratic Speaker here for many years--he said the Republicans are our adversary; the Senate is the enemy.

We hope that the era of Continuing Resolutions is over and we are back to regular order.

There has to be a better way to do that.

Mr. Moran has been a champion for Native Americans throughout this country.

I can assure you that your voices are heard and that this Subcommittee will continue to be as responsive to your concerns as possible.

I think we are all together on Mike's bill because the way we have to--does not matter what the reason is now, we have a catastrophic fire.

If the gentleman would yield, I will be happy to work with you to help restore some of that funding.

Uncertainty created by indecisiveness, or bureaucratic overreach, will inevitably raise energy costs and extend drilling periods.

I am hopeful that Mr. Simpson's legislation is going to pass.

Unfortunately, production in the Gulf is still 20 percent below levels prior to the Administration's moratorium to deep water drilling in the Gulf.

I think we ought to look at some money in the bill this year for spaying and neutering horses and burros.

And so that is what we really want to do. It is really what we want to accomplish here because some people believe this could have worse consequences to the economy than the spotted owl.

As Martin Luther King always said, it is always right to do what is right, and I do think it is right to follow through with those recommendations that we have been presented with.

We have a number of questions to be submitted. But one of my colleagues, Montana's Congressman, Steve Daines, brought my attention to the issue of three school districts in Montana that are near Yellowstone National Park were notified by…

I look forward to your testimony today and to working with you in the days ahead to enact a reasonable though likely smaller budget that better balances what appears to be competing administration and congressional priorities.

Energy is the backbone of the United States economy, and reliable domestic sources of energy are vital for our economic growth and homeland security.

We depend on your efforts to help produce domestic energy and domestic jobs in a responsible way.

By far, the most pressing Fish and Wildlife Service issues in the district and in the State I represent, and I suspect a few other States at this table, have long centered around the Endangered Species Act regulation.

Those of us in the West believe that--as you know, 99 percent of fires are put out within the budget.

I would hope that, Mr. Chairman, both Chairmen, that we actively figure out something to stop this because this is going to have a detrimental effect to the State of California, the State of Arizona, the State of New Mexico--all these…

we certainly appreciate your continued focus on the EM program.

While the U.S. military is now 30 percent smaller than at the end of the Cold War and forecast to shrink even further, it has 20 percent more three- and four-star generals.

What we are looking at is giving managers the ability to evaluate performance and make sure that we keep the best and the brightest people in the civilian workforce.

You have been hauling around chains from previous administrations, both Republican and Democratic, task force commissions that have never dissolved.

The gentleman is correct. PILT has been a mandatory program under the jurisdiction of authorizing committees since fiscal year 2008. Fiscal year 2007 was the last year that PILT was funded with discretionary funds. In fact, funding for…